EP0337818B1 - Lagerbehälter zum Speichern von pulverförmigen oder körnigen Materialien - Google Patents

Lagerbehälter zum Speichern von pulverförmigen oder körnigen Materialien Download PDF

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EP0337818B1
EP0337818B1 EP89303746A EP89303746A EP0337818B1 EP 0337818 B1 EP0337818 B1 EP 0337818B1 EP 89303746 A EP89303746 A EP 89303746A EP 89303746 A EP89303746 A EP 89303746A EP 0337818 B1 EP0337818 B1 EP 0337818B1
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Kiyoshi Morimoto
Akikazu Iwamoto
Masuo Moriyama
Junji C/O Osaka Works Of K.K. Nakagawa
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G69/00—Auxiliary measures taken, or devices used, in connection with loading or unloading
    • B65G69/16—Preventing pulverisation, deformation, breakage, or other mechanical damage to the goods or materials
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/06—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing powdered or granular material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G11/00—Chutes
    • B65G11/08—Chutes with discontinuous guiding surfaces, e.g. arranged in zigzag or cascade formation
    • B65G11/085—Chutes with discontinuous guiding surfaces, e.g. arranged in zigzag or cascade formation with zig-zag formations
    • B65G11/088—Chutes with discontinuous guiding surfaces, e.g. arranged in zigzag or cascade formation with zig-zag formations for bulk

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  • the present invention relates to a storage container for storing powdered or granular material, according to the preamble of claim 1 (DE-A-3631557), the container being adapted to be charged efficiently with powdered or granular material without causing breakage or fragmentation thereof.
  • a conventional method employs a shock absorbing member in the shape of a right circular cone placed in a dropping zone for the powdered or granular material within the storage container so as to alleviate shock at the time of charging.
  • the storage container has a high storage space and to shorten the dropping distance of the powdered or granular material the shock absorbing member must be placed high in the container, resulting in a dead space (not charged with the powdered or granular material) being present below the shock absorbing member in such manner as to prevent efficient use of the capacity of the storage container.
  • DE-A-3631557 discloses a storage container for storing powdered or granular material, having a zigzagged chute with side walls having openings therein to allow the material to enter the surrounding container.
  • the present invention provides such a container with a chute having a different arrangement of openings in relation to slant plates on the chute.
  • the present invention is directed to solving the problem noted above, and has for its object to provide a storage container for storing a powdered or granular material, in which it is possible to alleviate the shock of the powdered or granular material at the time of charging as well as to store the powdered or granular material efficiently by making effective use of the capacity of the storage container without the formation of dead spaces therewithin.
  • a storage container for storing powdered or granular material comprising a zigzagged chute provided at its upper end with an inlet for receiving the powdered or granular material and at its lower end with an outlet for discharging the material, the chute having a zigzagged passage for guiding the dropping of the material, and said storage container including a storage container body for storing the material and accommodating the zigzagged chute therewithin, the zigzagged chute including a plurality of slant plates extending downwardly and inwardly of said chute alternately from two opposed side walls of the chute, the slant plates extending over a centreline of the chute so as to prevent the material dropping vertically into the bottom of the said chute, opposed side walls of the chute being provided with a plurality of outlets for discharging the material, characterised in that the slant plates are arranged, in a vertical direction, alternately in sequence with the outlets which open alternately on the said opposed side walls of the chute from which the slant plates extend, in such
  • Figures 1 and 2 are a perspective view and a sectional view both of which show a zigzagged chute 1.
  • the zigzagged chute 1 comprises a square duct provided with four side walls 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d made of synthetic resin plates such as low density polythylene or the like, the opposed side walls 11a, 11c of which are provided with a plurality of slant plates 12a, 12c projecting inwardly and downwardly and slanting alternately so as to form a zigzagged passage for guiding the dropping of powdered or granular material.
  • the slant angles of these slant plates 12a, 12c are substantially the same as the angle of repose of the granular material so as not to produce a dead space below the respective slant plates 12a, 12c.
  • the projecting lengths of the slant plates 12a, 12c are such that the leading end of each slant plate 12a, 12c extends over the medial plane of the chute 1 between the opposed side walls 11a, 11c in order to prevent the powdered or granular material from dropping vertically down the medial plane from the top end to the lowermost end of the chute 1.
  • the lowermost slant plate 12a is provided with a concave cutout portion 121a which is used for insertion of a top portion of a shock absorbing member configured as a right circular cone which will be described later.
  • the chute 1 is provided with a plurality of discharge outlets 13a, 13c below the respective slant plates 12a, 12c except the lowermost one 12a.
  • each discharge outlet 13a, 13c is formed like a sawtooth in a front view having its upper edge inclined along the slant plate 12a, 12c and its lower edge made horizontal.
  • the lowermost discharge outlet 13c has a different configuration from the other ones, namely it is formed largely by cutting out from the side walls 11b, 11d areas like right-angled triangles. Both these side walls 11b, 11d are provided at their upper end portions with additional outlets 14b, 14d for discharging the powdered or granular material. Further, the chute 1 is provided at its upper end with a flange 16 surrounding the inlet 15 for receiving the powdered or granular material.
  • an inlet member 2 for receiving the powdered or granular material.
  • the member 2 preferably has a configuration as shown in Figures 3 and 4.
  • the member 2 comprises a support plate 22 and a guide tube 21 fitted into a hole opened in the support plate 22 eccentrically.
  • the guide tube 21 is provided at its upper and lower portions with a plurality of slivered openings 211, for discharging the powdered or granular materials.
  • the support plate 22 is provided on its underside with a projection 221 to be fitted into the inlet 15 formed at the upper end of the chute 1.
  • the member 2 is adapted to be inserted into the inlet 15 so that the lower end of the guide tube 21 is positioned below the discharge outlets 14b, 14d formed at the upper end portion of the chute 1.
  • the storage container for storing the powdered or granular materials is constituted by mounting the zigzagged chute 1 within the storage container body 3 in such a manner that the projection 221 formed on the underside of the support plate 22 of the member 2 is fitted into the inlet 15, formed at the upper end of the zigzagged chute 1 with the guide being inserted into the inlet 15; the zigzagged chute 1 is supported by the container body 3 through a top cover 31 for the body 3 with the flange 16 of the chute 1 being held at its opposite peripheral portions by means of corresponding support rails 33, 33 projecting downwardly from the underside of the cover 31 on the opposed sides of an inlet opening 32 formed in the top cover 31; the support plate 22 of the member 2 is fixedly secured to the top cover 31 by means of fasteners, and the concave cutout portion 121a formed in the lowermost slant plate 12a of the zigzagged chute 1 is fitted onto the top portion of the shock absorbing member 4 configured as a right circular cone and placed in
  • the powdered or granular material When the powdered or granular material is supplied though the inlet opening 32, it passes through the guide tube 21 of the member 2 and then drops, tracing the zigzag course formed by the slant plates 12a, 12c, so as to be discharged through the lowermost outlet 13c onto the upper surface of the shock absorbing member 4 and stored within the storage container body 3. While the powdered or granular material drops in this zigzag course, an increase in dropping speed is prevented so that the material is not subjected to a large shock and prevented from being broken or fragmented.
  • the above-mentioned arrangement is particularly advantageous for tablets. Hard tablets engage the uppermost slant plate 12c and are prevented from passing through the outlet 14b.
  • the powdered or granular material discharged through the lowermost discharge outlet 13c as noted above can be heaped up whilst maintaining an angle of repose on the bottom of the storage container body 3, as shown by a phantom line A in Figure 4.
  • the material is heaped up within the chute 1.
  • the material is discharged from the discharge outlet 13a and heaped up as shown by a phantom line B until the discharge outlet 13a is covered up.
  • the powdered or granular material is discharged from the discharge outlets 13c, 13a in turn from the lower ones so as to be heaped up within the storage container body 3.
  • the powdered or granular material is heaped up to the upper end of the chute 1 therewithin so as to cover up the lower end opening of the guide tube 21 of the member 2, the material being discharged from the discharge openings 211 of the guide tube 21 and from the outlets 14b, 14d formed at the upper end portion of the chute 1 to the major peripheral space of the storage container body 3. Accordingly, the powdered or granular material can be stored within the storage container body 3 almost without gaps. Further, since the respective slant plates 12a, 12c are inclined at the same angle as that of repose or at an angle a little less than that, dead spaces are not produced below the respective slant plates 12a, 12c.
  • shock absorbing member 4 made as a right circular cone is not placed on the bottom of the storage container body 3, as shown in Figure 4, it is desirable to prevent the powdered or granular material from directly hitting against the inner surface of the storage container body 3 by disposing a shock absorbing plate 5 made of synthetic resin such as low density polyethylene or the like in front of the lowermost slant plate 12a as a bottom plate of the zigzagged chute 1.
  • a shock absorbing plate 5 made of synthetic resin such as low density polyethylene or the like in front of the lowermost slant plate 12a as a bottom plate of the zigzagged chute 1.
  • Various ways can be adopted for mounting the zigzagged chute 1 within the storage container body 3.
  • support pins may be secured to the underside of the top cover 31 on the opposite sides of the inlet opening 32 and the flange 16 of the zigzagged chute 1 anchored to the support pins.
  • the flange 16 of the zigzagged chute 1 is formed like a disc and is mounted as an inner cover of the storage container body 3 by engaging this flange 16 with four pins 34a projecting from an inner circumferential surface of a mouth 34 of the container body 3.
  • the flange 16 is provided with a great number of punched holes 16a for air vents and also provided at its suitable locations (at its four locations spaced apart equidistantly around the inlet opening 15), with rubber rings 19 so as to be presssed by the top cover 31 therethrough.
  • An induction member may be employed, if needed.
  • a storage container of this type is particularly effective if the capacity of the storage container is large.
  • the powdered or granular material is intentionally prevented from being broken and fragmented when the air within the storage container body is necessarily vented during the transportation.

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  1. Ein Lagerbehälter zum Lagern von pulver- oder granulatformigem Material mit einem an seinem oberen Ende mit einem Einlaß (15) zur Aufnahme des pulver- oder granulatförmigen Materials und an seinem unteren Ende mit einem Auslaß (121a) zum Abgeben des Materials versehenen zickzackförmigen Schacht (1), der einen zickzackförmigen Durchgang zum Führen des Falls des Materials aufweist, und wobei der Lagerbehälter einen Lagerbehälterkörper (3) zum Lagern des Materials und zur Aufnahme des zickzackförmigen Schachtes (1) aufweist, der eine Vielzahl von abwechselnd von seinen beiden sich gegenüberliegenden Seitenwänden nach unten und nach innen und schräg verlaufenden Platten (12a, 12c) aufweist, die über eine Mittellinie des Schachtes (1) verlaufen, um ein vertikales Herabfallen des Materials auf den Boden des Schachtes (1) zu vermeiden, und sich gegenüberliegende Seitenwände des Schachtes (1) zum Abgeben des Materials mit einer Vielzahl von Auslässen (13a, 13c) versehen sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die schrägverlaufenden Platten in einer Vertikalrichtung abwechselnd in Folge mit den Auslässen angeordnet sind, die abwechselnd auf den sich gegenüberliegenden Seitenwänden des Schachtes (1), von denen die schrägverlaufenden Platten ausgehen, in solcher Weise offen sind, daß jede schrägverlaufende Platte in der vertikalen Abwärtsrichtung auf einer der sich gegenüberliegenden Seitenwände von einem Auslaß auf der gleichen Seitenwand gefolgt wird, die Auslässe oberhalb der folgenden schrägverlaufenden Platte enden und daß der obere Abschnitt des Schachtes (1) oberhalb der obersten schrägverlaufenden Platte mit mindestens einem zusätzlichen Auslaß (14b, 14d) zum Abgeben des Materials aus dem Schacht in das obere Ende des Behälterkörpers (3) versehen ist.
  2. Lagerbehälter zum Lagern von pulver- oder granulatformigem Material nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der zickzackförmige Schacht (1) mit einem Einlaßglied (2) zur Aufnahme des Materials lösbar ausgerüstet ist, das Einlaßglied (2) ein Führungsrohr (21) mit einer Vielzahl von in seiner Rohrwand ausgebildeten Abgabeöffnungen (211) einschließt und das Führungsrohr (21) in den an dem oberen Ende des Schachtes (1) ausgebildeten Einlaß (15) eingeführt ist.
  3. Lagerbehälter nach Anspruch 1, wobei der Behälterkörper den Schacht mit einem insgesamt runden Freiraum umschließt.
EP89303746A 1988-04-15 1989-04-14 Lagerbehälter zum Speichern von pulverförmigen oder körnigen Materialien Expired - Lifetime EP0337818B1 (de)

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